Wednesday, 21 August 2013

Yarn along ...... knit pickin


This week I've been working on my purple leaf cushion which has been a ongoing project for quite some time now, I'm so easily distracted by other projects and find knitting can be quite hard going with my painful joints and muscles, so it a bit of a slow process, but I'll get there in the end.  I've knitted some more of the main body of the cushion and also a couple more of the small leaves over the last few days

Reading wise I've been  refamiliarising myself with some of the mandolin tunes in 'Teach yourself Bluegrass Mandolin' by Andy Statman, I'm a bit rusty after not being able to play for six months but I'm hopefully going to be able to build my playing back up as it would be great to be able to take my mandolin to a local pickin session again.


The pattern for this cushion come from my Mum's copy of  the 'Women's Weekly UK' way back at the end December, and called for the biggest ball of yarn I've ever seen 400g of  Hayfrields Bonus Aran in a gorgeous ' Purple Heather' colour.



The cute little leaves are easy to knit, now I know how !! and are in Sirdar country styles DK in Feather grey, Damson and Pansy, hopefully I'll have it finished by this December, I can but hope.

Happy Crafting, linking up with Ginny's Yarn along why not check out what everyone else is making

Clare xx
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16 comments:

  1. gilly21 August 2013 at 15:55

    It's going to be a fab cushion, I just love the heathery purple yarn.
    Hope you're feeling a bit better this week,
    xx

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    1. Clare21 August 2013 at 20:31

      Thanks Gilly, just resting up the best I can. x

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  2. Hannah21 August 2013 at 16:28

    What a great idea for your cushion! I hope your joints allow you to keep going x

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    1. Clare21 August 2013 at 20:32

      Hi Hannah, thanks for your lovely comment and for stopping by my Summerhouse. x

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  3. Lisa21 August 2013 at 18:04

    Wishing you happy knitting (love the leaves!) and much success with the bluegrass. :)

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    1. Clare21 August 2013 at 20:33

      Hi Lisa, thanks for stopping by, will pop over to your blog later. x

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  4. Jennifer Hays21 August 2013 at 18:10

    I love your cushion. Purple is my favorite color. How cool that you're learning mandolin! I think that's awesome.

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    1. Clare21 August 2013 at 20:37

      Hi Jennifer, purple's my favourite colour too :0) thanks for the fab comment, I downsided to the mandolin from the guitar as was finding it differcult to play a large heavy guitar when my energy levels are very bad, but I'm finding it lots of fun xx

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  5. Flora and Paws21 August 2013 at 18:23

    Can't wait to see your finished cushion, it looks like it's going to be fab. I love the colour and the leaves are very pretty.

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    1. Clare21 August 2013 at 20:37

      Aww thanks, it might be a bit of a wait but I'll get there in the end. xx

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  6. Ladybird Diaries21 August 2013 at 18:38

    Your cushion looks lovely already, such a pretty yarn colour.
    M x

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    1. Clare21 August 2013 at 20:39

      Thanks M, I just fell in love with the colour of the yarn when I saw it, I just knew I needed to make one. x

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  7. elizabeth21 August 2013 at 18:52

    very lovely...

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    1. Clare21 August 2013 at 20:40

      Thanks you Elizabeth for your comment and stopping by my Summerhouse. x

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  8. forgetmenotsblue22 August 2013 at 22:52

    I love the colour really lovely. I play guitar myself mandolin sounds really cool x

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  9. Clare24 August 2013 at 19:47

    Thanks x

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